The Nebraska athletic department announced cost-saving measures to help offset the financial impacts of the postponement of the Big Ten fall athletic season as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Among the moves announced by Moos, 51 Nebraska athletic department staff members will be furloughed from Sept. 1 through Dec. 31. All over athletic department staff members will take a 10 percent salary reduction through the end of the 2020 year.
The measures announced Friday are in addition to cost savings announced in June that included a 10 percent reduction in overall expenses for Fiscal Year 2021, no merit increases for staff for FY 21 and the elimination of 17 positions in Athletics. In total, staffing decisions are expected to result in a savings of approximately $3 million for the Athletic Department.
Moos said previously that Nebraska could be looking at a nearly $100 million shortfall.
In June, Moos announced a number of cost-saving measures, including:
No merit increases for all Department employees in Fiscal Year 2021
No increases in all sports programs budgets for the upcoming year
Sports programs will be encouraged to build a more regional non-conference away schedule, which will limit public exposures and allow for a reduction in travel costs
All administrative units across the Department have been asked to reduce budgets by 10 percent
All staff travel (excluding recruiting) will be greatly restricted over the coming year
A reduction in recurring capital expenditures
Summer programming for student-athletes will be limited in Summer 2021
